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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Tmeticus  Menge, 1868   2 species

Tmeticus nigriceps (Kulczyński, 1916)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012938

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Description

Prosoma orange, with blackish cephalic region. Chelicerae black. Legs orange. Opisthosoma black.

Body length male: 2.3-2.7 mm
Body length female: 2.9-3.3 mm
Additional information

Only found in the tundra zone

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: Norway and Sweden: misidentifications of Zornella cultrigera (Marusik & Koponen 2010)
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Russia (Urals to Far East)
Phenology
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 male  female
Figures
species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Marusik & Koponen 2010)

species

male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Marusik & Koponen 2010)

species

male Palpal tibia
(Marusik & Koponen 2010)

species

male Prosoma, dorsal view
(Marusik & Koponen 2010)

species

female Epigyne, ventral view
(Marusik & Koponen 2010)

Distribution List
Russia, Northern   (Marusik & Koponen, 2010) |||
References

Marusik Y M, Koponen S (2010) A review of the Holarctic genus Tmeticus Menge, 1868 (Araneae, Linyphiidae), with a description of a new genus ZooKeys 59: 15-37 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
23-12-2020 Distribution update Detail
05-02-2019 Datasheet update Detail
05-03-2014 Distribution update Detail
26-02-2014 Distribution update Detail